Stanley M. Seaman
Four-Masted Schooner · United States · Lost 1918 · The Outer Banks
U-140 stopped and scuttled the American schooner Stanley M. Seaman east of Cape Hatteras on August 5, 1918.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Stanley M. Seaman was built at Rockland, Maine, in 1908. The four-masted schooner carried coal toward St. Domingo. U-140 stopped and scuttled it on August 5, 1918, reportedly 110 miles east of Cape Hatteras. Uboat.net recorded no casualties.
Vessel
- 1908
- Cobb, Butler & Co.
- Rockland, Maine
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
- 1060
- Sail
- Crowell & Thurlow, Boston
Loss
- August 5, 1918
- Enemy action
- Reported 110 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- Atlantic Ocean
- St. Domingo
- Coal
- Not established
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
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Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
No explicit wreck coordinates adopted from the sources reviewed.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (86/100)
The voyage origin is ambiguous in the individual account, and the present wreck position and condition are not established.
Full individual entry: August 5, 1918; stopped and scuttled 110 miles E of Cape Hatteras; build, operator, coal and 0 casualties. Origin New York (or Newport News) left null.
North Carolina DNCR — World War I U-Boat Casualty Off Cape Hatteras
Independently identifies four-masted schooner sunk by U-140; relative chronology not used for date.
